BrowseSmart

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 8,347
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 2,846
First Seen: January 3, 2014
Last Seen: September 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

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BrowseSmart is a potentially unwanted program/browser add-on produced by SuperWeb LLC. Authors of BrowseSmart declare that it can make the computer user's web browsing more efficient by permitting a variety of website searching, for instance, search results from numerous sources in one place, showing website trust ratings and delivering coupons and offers while shopping online. Although such capability many occur genuine, the BrowseSmart plug-in can be considered to be a potentially unwanted program or adware. BrowseSmart installs on the computer user's web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox without his authorization and knowledge, may create and display a variety of annoying pop-up adverts and trace the PC user's web browsing. PC users may inaccurately download BrowseSmart together with suspicious free software downloads. When installed, the BrowseSmart browser extension may trace the PC user's surfing activity by recording IP address, unique identifier number, OS, browser information, websites visited and viewed, search requests entered and other data. BrowseSmart may result in privacy issues and identity theft.

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File System Details

BrowseSmart may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. updateBrowseSmart.exe 3ce5c584541460181e5e297da65cd63a 14
2. BrowseSmartbho.dll 2674a386e2582045e76b184139ae39cc 13
3. BrowseSmartuninstall.exe 2a09acb6b01fd4f8fa8b41adea0faec7 7
4. utilBrowseSmart.exe 723fa7e5c4a12bf0fe7b83589b8d3674 3
5. updateBrowseSmart.exe 2f2fa13f586299d343ef4593f45b6fec 3
6. utilBrowseSmart.exe 2ad33eaa60e83d96f446ede8818dc869 2
7. updateBrowseSmart.exe 60e65b45fb7004567d8471a30a392893 2
8. utilBrowseSmart.exe 418b5612209e3662da495c7c265b74e7 1
9. utilBrowseSmart.exe 53645f694b403f69d796936b0ab8041c 1
10. utilBrowseSmart.exe 2ec3aab82280832923e30166347292bf 1
11. utilBrowseSmart.exe 5eb13b2d60fb1af6cb3d7685a7e3663e 1

Registry Details

BrowseSmart may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{392DE650-A1E6-4FB3-A5A4-21285DE225BD}
{B463ECD2-E5D8-4178-80C4-EC7C7E72F9AC}
{ffbb88a9-c663-4b9b-9170-70fa0a5a2786}
Software\BrowseSmart
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{FFBB88A9-C663-4B9B-9170-70FA0A5A2786}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowseSmart_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowseSmart_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBrowseSmart_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBrowseSmart_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ffbb88a9-c663-4b9b-9170-70fa0a5a2786}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{FFBB88A9-C663-4B9B-9170-70FA0A5A2786}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{FFBB88A9-C663-4B9B-9170-70FA0A5A2786}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BrowseSmart
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowseSmart_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowseSmart_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBrowseSmart_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBrowseSmart_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ffbb88a9-c663-4b9b-9170-70fa0a5a2786}
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update BrowseSmart
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update BrowseSmart
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update BrowseSmart
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update BrowseSmart

Directories

BrowseSmart may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\BrowseSmart
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\BrowseSmart

URLs

BrowseSmart may call the following URLs:

http://browsesmart.net

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